Elton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Elton
Historical Forms
- Eltun c1040 HSC early12th SD late12th
- Eligtun c.1175 BM
- Eltone 1242×3 Ass 1279 GD
- eltone 1566 Wills
- Elton' 1406 Pont 1438×9 Vis 1482 Spec
- Elton 1291 Tax 1344etfreqto1609 IPM
- the parrishin of Elton 1566 Wills 1630,1633,1703 CC 1720 HC/CB129/31
- eltton, elkton 1566 Wills
- Elleton 1264 Hatf 1313 RPD
- Elleton' 1315 ib
- Elten 1500 IPM
- ecclesiarum de … Elleton 1313 RPD
- ecclesias de … Elton' 1438×9 Vis
Etymology
'Eel farm, tūn where eels are obtained', OE el + tūn . Identical with Elton Cheshire SJ 4575, Eltone 1086 PNCh 3255; Elton Cheshire SD 7259, Elton 1289 PNCh 2258; and Elton Derbyshire SK 2260, Eltune 1086 PNDb 364. Cf. also Elton Herefordshire SO 4571, Elintun 1086 for which OE *ǣling , *ēling 'eel-place, eel-stream' is suggested, HePN 81.
The church (or churches) of Elton is mentioned ecclesiarum de … Elleton 1313 RPD, ecclesias de … Elton '1438×9 Vis.